Listen To This: Lunch Money, "Cookie As Big As My Head"

There are a number of releases in the works for the rest of 2007, but none I am anticipating more than the second album of South Carolina-based trio Lunch Money. It's approaching three years since the release of their debut CD, the small gem Silly Reflection (review), and that's just way too long, y'know? Their lo-fi songs, slightly remiscent of Yo La Tengo or Spoon at its most minimalist, have stayed fresh after repeated listening...

So thanks to Gwyneth, who caught the band's set at Chicago's Summer on Southport Festival a couple weeks ago, and preserved this new track for the world (or at least the world with access to YouTube) to see. "Cookie As Big As My Head" is another instantly catchy melody (though the bass seems particularly high in this mix) married to sharp lyrics ("By the way, my cookie policy is / I'm a chocolate chip girl / We can [something] Pecans and walnuts / [something else] Is winter coming? / Are you trying to tell me that I look like a squirrel? / I want a cookie as big as my head...") OK, I'm sure the lyrics will be sharper on disk. [Note: Thanks to Lunch Money songwriter extraordinaire Molly Ledford for setting things straight in the comments.]

Comments

[Molly]

Pecans and walnuts, is winter coming, are you trying to tell me that I look like a squirrel?

Thanks for the post!

[deb in sf]

Oh! let me hop on this bandwagon. I am so so so so excited to hear all their new songs. I love this one - It's RAD. Lunch Money is one of the very first post Dan Zanes, out of SF kids bands we listened to and LOVED (LOVE!). I even sent Molly a few slightly stalker-ish emails, way back. Thats HOW cool I think they are. This time I'll skip the emails and just gush in public, but the littles and I will surely love whatever they come up with! I know that.